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Japan: Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, And Environmental Constraints

By:Edward A. Olsen
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367020699
eText ISBN:9780429726125
Edition:1
Copyright:1978
Format:Reflowable

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This study evaluates, from a neo-Malthusian perspective, Japan's current status and its prognosis in the context of the country's economic vulnerabilities. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Malthus, N. Georgescu-Roegen, H. and M. Sprout, and assorted environmental-ecological doomsayers, the author reaches pessimistic conclusions about Japan's very long term prospects, but holds out some slim hope for Japan if international cooperation of nearly Utopian dimensions can be achieved.